Sir Henry Rider Haggard ( June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 192 days remaining. Events Up to 1 BC 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom 168 BC - Battle of Pydna: Romans... June 22, 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). Events January 8 - Borax is discovered ( John Veatch). January 29 - Queen Victoria institutes the Victoria Cross February 18 - The American Party ( Know-Nothings) convene in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to nominate their first Presidential candidate, former President Millard Fillmore. March... 1856 – May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (135th in leap years). There are 231 days remaining. Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the de facto ruler of England. 1483 - Coronation of Charles VIII... May 14, Events January-May January 3 - Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy. January 5 - Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes the first female governor in the United States. January 21 - Albania declares itself a republic January 30 - Government of Turkey throws Patriarch Constantine VI out of Istanbul February 1... 1925), born in Bradenham, For alternative meanings see: Norfolk (disambiguation) Norfolk (pronounced NOR-fk) is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and with Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries... Norfolk, England, was a Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her Accession to the Throne, June 20, 1837) gave her name to the historic era. The Victorian Era of Great Britain is considered the height of the British industrial revolution and the apex of the British Empire. It is often defined as... Victorian writer of adventure novels set in locations considered exotic by readers in his native Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Official language None; English is de facto Capital London Capitals coordinates 51° 30 N, 0° 10 W Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK... England.

Haggard had some firsthand experience of these locations, thanks to his extensive travels. He first traveled to KwaZulu-Natal (often referred to as KZN) is a province of South Africa. It was previously known as Natal. South Africas most populous province is called the garden province and is the home of the Zulu nation. It extends from the borders with Swaziland and Mozambique to the Eastern... Natal Colony in 1875, as secretary to the colonial Governor Bulwer. It was in this role that Haggard was present in Pretoria is one of South Africas three capital cities, serving as the executive (administrative) capital; it is situated in the province of Gauteng. (Cape Town is the legislative capital and Bloemfontein the judicial capital.) It is a cosmopolitan city situated in the transitional area between the Highveld and the... Pretoria for the official announcement of the British annexation of the Afrikaners (sometimes known as Boers) are white South Africans, predominantly of Calvinist German, French Huguenot, Friesian and Walloons descent who speak Afrikaans. Some settlers from other parts of Europe (e.g. Scandinavia and Britain) also joined the ranks of the Afrikaners. Non-Europeans (including Malay, Indian, Khoi and Bantu) make... Boer Republic of the Flag of Transvaal The Transvaal was one of the provinces of South Africa from 1910 until 1994. The province no longer exists, and its territory now forms all, or part of, the provinces of Gauteng, North West, Limpopo and Mpumalanga. History The Transvaal region is known to have been inhabited... Transvaal. In fact, Haggard was forced to read out much of the proclamation following the loss of voice of the official originally entrusted with the duty.

In 1878 he became Registrar of the High Court in the Transvaal, in the region that was to become The Republic of South Africa (pronunciation) is a large republic in Southern Africa. It is located at the southern tip of the continent, and borders Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Swaziland. The small nation of Lesotho is entirely contained within South African territory. Its economy is the largest and most... South Africa. During his time there he was exposed to the This article is about the African ethnic group. For other meanings, see Zulu (disambiguation). The Zulu are an African ethnic group of about 5 million people who live mainly in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. This makes them the most numerous ethnic group in the country. Their language derives from... Zulu culture, and is said to have had an long-lasting affair with an African woman. However, he was eventually to return to England to find a wife, bringing Mariana Louisa Margitson back to Africa with him as a bride.

Returning to England in the 1880s, the couple settled in Ditchingham is a village in Norfolk, England by the River Waveney, within The Broads National Park. The novelist Sir H. Rider Haggard lived in Ditchingham. He was born in Kessingland and had connections with the church in Bungay. ... Ditchingham, For alternative meanings see: Norfolk (disambiguation) Norfolk (pronounced NOR-fk) is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and with Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries... Norfolk. Later he lived in Kessingland is a small seaside town in the Waveney District in Suffolk, about 7 km south of Lowestoft. It is of interest to archaeologists as palaeolithic and neolithic implements have been found here; the remains of an ancient forest lie buried on the seabed. The Suffolk Coast and Heaths area... Kessingland and had connections with the church in Bungay is a small town in Suffolk (East Anglia, England), within The Broads National Park. B.B.T.W.R. 2004 It lies in the Waveney valley, about 7 km west of Beccles. Bungay Castle was owned by the Normans, but was later rebuilt by Roger Bigod and his family... Bungay. He turned to the study of law and was admitted to the bar in 1884. His practice of law was somewhat desultory, as much of his time was taken up by the writing of novels.

While his novels contain many of the strong preconceptions common to the culture of British colonialism, they are unusual for the degree of sympathy with which he often treats the native populations. Africans often serve heroic roles in his novels, though the protagonists are typically European. Possibly due to his personal history, his writings even deal with cross-racial romance, usually a taboo subject at the time.

He is most famous as the author of the best-selling novel King Solomons Mines, first published in 1885, was a best-selling novel by the Victorian adventure writer and fabulist, H. Rider Haggard. It relates a journey into the heart of Africa by a group of adventurers led by Allan Quatermain in search of the legendary wealth said to be... King Solomon's Mines, as well as many others such as 1961 paperback edition She is a novel by H. Rider Haggard, first serialized in The Graphic from October 1886 to January 1887. In reprints it was astoundingly popular in its day. It recounts the adventures of an expedition to an unexplored part of East Africa, where they find a beautiful... She, Ayesha (sequel to She), Allan Quatermain (sequel to King Solomon's Mines), and the epic Viking (disambiguation). The name Viking is a loan from the native Scandinavian term for the Norse seafaring warriors who raided the coasts of Scandinavia, the British Isles, and other parts of Europe from the late 8th century to the 11th century, the period of European history referred to as the... viking romance, The Saga of Eric Brighteyes is the title of an epic viking novel by H. Rider Haggard, and concerns the adventures in 10th century Iceland of its eponymous principal character. The novel was first published in 1890 by Longmans, Green & Company. It was illustrated by Lancelot Speed. Categories: Literature... Eric Brighteyes.

Though Haggard is no longer as popular as he was when his books appeared, some of his characters have had a notable impact on early-twentieth-century thought. Ayesha, the female protagonist of She, was even cited by both Sigmund Freud His famous couch Sigmund Freud (May 6, 1856 - September 23, 1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of the psychoanalytic place of psychology, a movement that damaged the theory that unconscious motives control much behavior. He became interested in hypnotism and how it could be used to... Sigmund Freud in Dream interpretation is the art of determining the meaning (or alleged meaning) of the symbolic content of a dream. Dream interpetation is a part of psychoanalysis that intends to look beneath the manifest content of a dream, i.e., what we perceive in the dream, to the latent content of... The Interpretation of Dreams and by Carl Gustav Jung Carl Gustav Jung (July 26, 1875 – June 6, 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist and founder of the neopsychoanalytic school of psychology. At university, he was a student of Krafft_Ebing. For a time, Jung was Freuds heir-apparent in the psychoanalytic school. After the publication of... Carl Jung as a female prototype.

The mystery writer Elizabeth Peters (a pen-name of Barbara Mertz) has written many books in the mystery genre, featuring strong female protagonists and many archaeological connections. Her Amelia Peabody series, involving the exploits of an entire family of Egyptologists in the early 1900s, is her most popular work. This prolific author also... Elizabeth Peters has cited Haggard as a creative influence, particularly concerning her Amelia Peabody (c. 1860-?) is a fictional character in a series of mystery novels set in Victorian Egypt and England, written by author Elizabeth Peters. She is married to Egyptologist Radcliffe Emerson and has one biological child, Ramses Emerson. Her greatest adversary is the Master Criminal, popularly known by his... Amelia Peabody novel The Last Camel Died at Noon.

Chronology of works

• Dawn (1884)
• The Witch's Tale (1884)
• King Solomon's Mines (1885)
• She (1887)
• Jess (1887)
• Allan Quartermain (1887)
• A Tale of Three Lions (1887)
• Mr. Meeson's Will (1888)
• Maiwa's Revenge (1888)
• My Fellow Laborer and the Wreck of the Copeland (1888)
• Colonel Quaritch, V.C. (1888)
• Cleopatra (1889)
• Allan's Wife (1889)
• Beatrice (1890)
• The World's Desire (1890) (co-written with Andrew Lang)
• Eric Brighteyes (1891)
• Nada the Lily (1892)
• Montezuma's Daughter (1893)
• The People of the Mist (1894)
• Joan Haste (1895)
• Heart of the World (1895)
• Church and State (1895)
• The Wizard (1896)
• Dr. Therne (1898)
• Swallow (1898)
• A Farmer's Year (1899)
• The Last Boer War (1899)
• The Spring of Lion (1899)
• Montezuma's Daughter (1899)
• Black Heart, White Heart (1900)
• The New South Africa (1900)
• A Winter Pilgrimage (1901)
• Lysbeth (1901)
• Pearl Maiden (1903)
• Stella Fregelius (1904)
• The Brethren (1904)
• The Poor and the Land (1905)
• Ayesha (1905)
• A Gardener's Year (1905)
• Report of Salvation Army Colonies (1905)
• The Way of the Spirit (1906)
• Benita (1906)
• Fair Margaret (1907)
• The Ghost Kings (1908)
• The Yellow God (1908)
• The Lady of Blossholme (1909)
• Queen Sheba's Ring (1910)
• Regeneration: An account of the social work of the salvation army (1910)
• Morning Star (1910)
• Red Eve (1911)
• The Mahatma and the Hare (1911)
• Rural Denmark (1911)
• Marie (1912)
• Child of Storm (1913)
• The Wanderer's Necklace (1914)
• A call to Arms (1914)
• The Holy Flower (1915)
• After the War Settlement and Employment of Ex-Service Men (1916)
• The Ivory Child (1916)
• Finished (1917)
• Love Eternal (1918)
• Moon of Israel (1918)
• When the World Shook (1919)
• The Ancient Allan (1920)
• Smith and the Pharoahs (1920)
• She and Allan (1921)
• The Virgin of the Sun (1922)
• Wisdom's Daughter (1923)
• Heu-Heu (1924)
• Queen of the Dawn (1925)
• The Days of my Life: An autobiography of Sir H. Rider Haggard (1926)
• Treasure of the Lake (1926)
• Allan and the Ice Gods (1927)
• Mary of Marion Isle (1929)
• Belshazzar (1930)

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